Picture Book of the Day
Author Anastasia Suen posts book recommendations, reviews and lesson plans that use picture books to teach the six traits of writing.
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Chain Reaction
Current events articles in Science from Arizona State University.
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SCHOOPY - WordMorph
Use the letters in large words to make new words.
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thesaurus tangle
High difficulty, high fun as you unscramble letters using synonyms for clues.
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Study Questions for The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis | love2learn.net - Favorite Resources for Catholic Homeschoolers
Open-ended writing assignments. Good for chapter and section wrap-ups and quizzes.
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Scholastic, Helping Children Around the World to Read and Learn | Scholastic.com
Publisher and book fair juggernaut Scholastic comes through with some solid content for classroom teachers. In just a few minutes I found a to-do list generator, plenty of printer-friendly organizational tools and worksheets, and loads of lessons. They've even posted SMARTboard notebook files for download. Yeah, you have to pay to get everything, but there's enough free stuff to keep us public educators interested.
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F-Shaped Pattern For Reading Web Content (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
This article details reading patterns with online text. Readers tend to read the top of the article more thouroghly, then cherry-pick important points later in the article. Great quick-read article. [via David Warlick]
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princecaspianproject wiki
This wiki is just what I need for my upcoming unit on the C.S. Lewis book. [via Vicki Davis]
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How the Leopard got his Spots
Great summary and background of Rudyard Kipling's short story
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Lit2Go: Just So Stories, “How the Leopard Got His Spots”
The University of Southern Florida has recorded five of Rudyard Kipling's short stories made the audio and text available for download. This story is a myth about adaptation. Good for science as well as reading.
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Alice.org
How does this compare with Scratch?
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Resource Centre: 100 Things to do with Books [English Online]
This site lists short activities that students can do to respond to reading selections. Character, setting, author, and project activities are some of the categories.
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Reading Round Table: Literature Circles Expand Thought | Edutopia
Great introduction to social reading activities. Make sure to check the links at the end of the article for more resources and strategies. Stay tuned for lit circle downloads here on TBoT.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Scholastic.com
Plenty of discussion questions to get students talking about the story and what it means.
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Main Page - Free-reading
This wiki features lessons, phonics and alphabet activities, and downloadable picture cards for primary grades. Billed as "an open resource center and community for early literacy teachers". (via Edutopia.org)
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